The Tigray war erupted in November, 2020, when the Ethiopian military moved into the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia in a bid to crush an autonomy movement by the regional government. The war formally ended with a peace agreement in November, 2022, although some atrocities have continued since then. Opinion: The Tigray deal could end the war in Ethiopia – but implementation won’t be easyThe new study found evidence that genocidal acts were committed against Tigrayans by the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) and its allies: the Amhara Special Forces (ASF) and the Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF). There is a reasonable basis to conclude that these groups “possessed the intent to destroy Tigrayans as an ethnic group,” the report said. Many of the victims died from hunger and malnutrition after Ethiopia imposed a blockade on Tigray, preventing humanitarian aid from reaching the region.
